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k m ti m -1- fiftyseventh year no 47 i acton ontario thursday may 19 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents various interesting items of news j f removed to waterloo mr and mrs james doble jr and master jlmmle removed on saturday to their newhome in waterloo- where mr doble has been transferred by the c n v ifcr many friends here regret the re moval of mr and mrs doble from acton where they nave been useful dtisens and the best wishes of all- go with them in then- new home mice doc mauled children on monday evening mona mcgeachle iwu rather badly mauled by a large police dog lit company with several other children she was passing through from mill street to church street over the pr next fomc shop the dog was tied up near the pathway and attacked the children all escaped but mona who has received a nimty wound in her back anil wv badly mauled and had her clothes torn by the dog to celebrate centennial of ebeneser plaraenowjunder way fora suit able function to commemorate the hun- dredth anniversary of ebenezer church in nassagaweya a very interesting his tory of the church has been compiled by mr and mrs john marshall of nassa gaweya and is now being printed suit able services will commemorate this auspices occasion on june- 19 and the following days many of the former residents will undoubtedly avail them- selves of the opportunity for a reunion at the home church on this occasion at the gregory on tuesday greta garbo and ramon novarro make a sensational first appearance to gether in mata harl which will be shown at the gregory theatre on tues day both stars have long since won the approbation of the public for dis tinguishedwork together theyoffer the finest portrayals of their respective motion picture careers the plot is based upon the life and oves of the notorious world war spy who met her death before a french firing squad for her career of intrigue and adventure no- varro plays the part of the russian aviator for whose love mata harl ultim ately pays the death penalty no less impressive than the sterling perform ances of the costars is the artistic direc tion of george flusmaurice he has endowed his screen treatment with an interpretative camera mood and a rare ability to stress characterization during heunfoldlng of the plot public utilities commis- u- sion boutins matters discussed at the fortnightly session commission to discontinue services without further notice is unanim- oua decision v the regular fortnightly meeting of the public utilities commission was held m tuesday night with commissioners l g king and reeve george barber present with chairman pl j kerr presiding the following accounts were passed and the secretary ordered to make pay ment hydro department bell telephone co accounts 4 00 w a kribs co ltd repairs 90 james r kearney line materials 2320 p mccutcheon express 325 a l wynsfon jr ltd supplies 1104 rose sc pihearn ltd supplies 1070 xtominlon cutout co line material 8350 bank of montreal revenue stamps 200 h h wilson inspection fees 2580 acton free press printing 4293 tv ienterrft 3ntn irpfit v duncan l sinclair the funerarof the late duncan l sinclair took- place from theresldence of his brother john iff sinclair on the ninth line erin pn saturday afternoon may 14 at three oclock deceased was the eldest son of the late mr and mrs gilbert sinclair and lived for most of his life on the homestead on the ninth line where he was greatly respected and esteemed by the entire community he leaves tor mourn one sister mrs wm mckay and three brothers john gilbert and neil the funeral was conducted by rev mr aikens assisted by rev mr waddeu and jrev dr howard the pallbearers were six nephews lawrence herb fred antt stanley sinclair and archie and mac mckay john heatley sr another of the pioneer residents of nassagaweya passed away last week when waterworks department hydro department april opera tions 6041 mr borovoy requested a demand metr for his mill this request was granted moved by george barber seconded by l g king that whereas the notice inserted in the free press had no effect as per settlement of arrears jin light and water we find it absolutely necessary that after june 1 all in arrears will be discontinued without any further notice this was passed unanimously a letter from the ontario commission pointed out that a utilities truck should have a double indemnity of 10000 on the truck the acton truck has only single indemnity for that amount ind it was left over until a future meeting in order to have the rates of such a policy the secretary was instructed to writ a letter to the council in regard to the waterworks arrears the commission did not desire to cut off the water of those accounts in arrears but they left it in the hands of the council acton loses and wins- with elorafergus each team is beaten on their home grounds games played on saturday and wednesday news of acton and the district windstorm bather severe john heatley sr died at the home of guelph has bombing episode terrorism stalked in guelph early on monday when two dynamite bombs ex ploding with crashing reverberations which wakened the city in the early hours of the morning wrought destruc tion to the home of tom veroni alice street one of the citys most preeminent italian residents by a miracle of chance no person was injured mr and mrs veroni and their two children aged 2vi and 8 years were sleeping in the upper part of the house when the explosions occurred and although windows in the bedrooms were shattered all four escap ed without injury the bombs planted at the rear of the house beneath a sun pdrch exploded downwards into a dis used well beneath the porch there was about three minutes interval between the two bombs which are believed to nave been fitted with time fuses the first it is thought caused little damage but the second exploded with violence which shattered windows in half a dozen nearby houses and in the northern rub ber company plant across the road the sun porch beneath which the sticks of dynamite were laid was totally destroyed traffic officer killed in collision highway traffic officer charles hef- feron suffered fatal injuries last thurs day when rdng north on the centra road at derry west his motorcycle crashed into the side of a cat- driven by everett mlddlebrook farmer of toronto township hefferon who is thought to have been in pursuit of an auto was riding fast the recording arm of his speedometer registering 75 miles an hour when the crash occurred mlddlebrook wltowasdriylrig east on the malton side- road stopped or slowed down at the crossing of the highway and then pro ceeded across the highway without having observed the cycle approaching the officer applied his brakes and skidded 150 feet before striking the car his cycle struck the right rear fender and running board breaking off the right rear wheel he was thrown a distance of approxim ately 15 feet to- the pavement and lay there unconscious his skull fractured and his face deeply cut mlddlebrook whose car was thrown across the malton sideroad went to his assistance and took him into the store of j c beamish and later the officer was removed to feel memorial hospital mlddlebrook was arrested an a charge of reckless driyirigby ht o arthur bosworth and was admitted to 2000 ball by police magistrate l j c bull mlddlebrook and a neighbor w q marshall furnish- ed the bond at the hosptal dr wilson toronto was called by dr gordon and an operation performed to remove pres sure on the bratn he died in the hospital shortly after 9 p in on friday general interest news two narrowly eseape drowning a narrow escape from drowning in burlington bay-occurred- when a resid ent robert lonsdale and- a from hamilton frederick taylor were thrown into the water as their- boat capsized the two men were fishing from the boat and when one of them pulled up a fish both suddenly leaned to the same side to reach an empty pail in which to- deposlt it neither one could swim and after much difficulty- they were assisted to safety by jack mccarthy and ray mond hazell beach youths institute summer meeting the annual summer meeting of the womens institute was held in the parish hall on tuesday afternoon mrs gamble of acton occupied the chair arid the meeting opened with the institute ode followed by one verse of o canada and the lords prayer repeated in uni son mrs gamble gave an address of welcome to the sister branches of dublin bannockbiirn and limehouse whose members joined with acton for the special meeting mrs webster of the dublin branch replied a teadlng was given by mrs nelson anderson of dublin branch mrs gowdy of lime house spoke a few words and miss millar of bannockburn gave an in strumental the main speaker- for the afternoon was miss sllcter of kitchener who addressed the meeting on the thrills of country life and home the anchor of our national life over eighty ladles enjoyed this splendid ad dress mrs morton of limehouse gave a solo and the meeting eloped with blest be the tie that binds after which the four branches enjoyed a social half hour his daughter mrs wm ritchie atiot 23 third line- esquesing mr heatley was in his eightieth year and althduglf in gradually falling health for the past few years was able to be about until a week prior to his death john heatley was born in masebrpok shropshire eng land fifty years ago he was joined n holywedlock to ilary ann jones ot uanshfuen wales immediately fol lowing their marriage the young couple started from the old land to make their home in canada they first settled in york township but shortly after came to nassagaweya township where they have been residents mrs heatley passed away nineteen years ago a family of three children remain to revere the memory of their father they are mrs william ritchie and daniel heatley of esquesing and john in nassagaweya tw6 sisters also remain mrs thos parton toronto and mrs peter folks jn england mr heatley was a member of the anglican church in campbellville and the funeral on monday was con ducted by rev p a sawyer of acton assisted by rev mr andrews of bearns- ville and rev h caldwell of line- house interment was made in fairvlew cemetery acton the pallbearers were six neighbors whom mr heatley had always known messrs thos storey jas blacklock wm mclean r linham x mclsaac and benjamin king among those- from a distance who attended ihe funeral were mr and mrs herbert heat ley- brampton mrs jas heatley mrs richard hefetley mrs thpsrparton mr and mrs alfred parton mr and mrs buhner mr fred heatley miss edith heatley mr and mrs baker and miss wjnnle heatley all of toronto mr- howard heatley kitchener mr and mrs albert early mr and mrs jas blacklock mr samuel mlllson messrs william and lloyd mlllson mr wm mclean mr and mrs a mlllson and mr and mrs thos mlllson all of guelph quite a gale proceeded the rain on monday afternoon lattice fences in some places about town were blown down at the twn hall one of the large windows in the firemens club room was blown out and the blind torn off and carried away and has not yet been recovered the cyclonic wind was of only short duration but was quite intense while it lasted band in new practice room on monday evening the acton citizens band held their first practice in their new quarters at the arena the room which has been secured without sacri ficing any of the other appointments at the arena makes ideal quarters the members were delighted with the place when it is all settftd the band boys are planning a social evening the w c t u concert prbes were presented for essays and posters to the pupils of actonhlghj and public schools in the opening iball game played here on saturday afternoon tttth the ijlora- fergus team acton was defeated by 11- 6 it was just an exhibition game and nothing depended on the outcome it- gave both teams a chance to get in shape for the opening league fixtures i the visitors opened scoring early get ting two on bases through an error and a single then robinson scored b6wrui ners with a mighty threebagger and scored on a passed bah in the fourth innings they scored three more with another one coming in the sixth rr hall was sent in to pitch the last two innings replacing chalmers this was the first game he has pitched in he- did not make a bad showing allowing three hits and issuing one free pass but tworrorselpedthevlsitorbandmheyamongthemembers the band-has-a- garneredfourmorerunsinthelasttwo innings acton didnt open the scoring until the fifth inning when the reliable bill holloway clouted the first home run of the year it was a nice drive over first base and it went right over to the rink among the parked cars they collected more in- the sixth and three in the seventh and looked as if they were going to overcome the onerun lead held in the seventh inning but the elorafergus rally in the- last two innings spoiled their chances the boys made a very creditable show ing and when they get a little more practice they ought to show some good baseball the following is the box score and summary elora-fergtjs- ab r h po a e acton and district three injured in crash at oakvllle three persons- were critically injured late yesterday afternoon when a truck and a car collided headon on the high way four miles east of oakvllle opposite the manor farm owned by captain e- o gooderham the truck owned by speedy service system and driven o l cohen croft street toronto was travelling east the westbound car was driven by- charles gunstone norwood ontario the injured all unconscious- were removed to st josephs hospital by a toronto man who was driving by at the tune mrs a matthews 283 gains borough road toronto a passenger in the gunstone car was the most seriously injured and small hope was held for her recovery at the hospital she sustained a deep laceration on the right cheek from her mouth to her forehead arid other severe injuries mr gunstone also suffered lacerations- and mrs albert barker cardinal ontario shock and lacerations they were treated by dr farm residence destroyed by fire the residence and garage on the farm of the late james stewart about two miles below acton were completely destroyed by hre on monday afternoon mr and mrs j m steele now reside on this farm and the fire was first noticed- by- neighbors who were passing and had then gained such headway that it was through the roof a strong west erly wind fanned the carries and the house was soon enveloped the are truck and chemical- tanks of acton fire bri gade were taken to the scene but were only successful in stopping the spread of the flames to other buildings fortun ately the wind was blowing so that the sparks carried away from the barn and other buildings it is thought the fire originated from a stovepipe or sparks from the chimney gooder ss 2 3 2 0 1 ooullng c 6 2 3 10 2 0 fischer irf 2 0 q 0 0 0 robinson lb 3 115 1 1 black 2b 3 0 0 10 0 brawley if 5 0 12 0 0 hillls 3b p 5 1 13 2 1 runnells 3d 2 10 0 0 0 d ray p 2 10 11 0 j ray rf 5 112 00 r ridley cf 4 2 2 10 0 43 11 12 27 6 3 acton ab r h po a e berchst 3b 4 10 12 3 r leader if 5 2 2 10 0 waterhouse cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 f leader c 3 0 16 3 0 carmlchael ss 2b 3 0 0 3 7 1 white 2b rf holloway lb walters ss tyler rf chalmers p hall p 0 2 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c 6 o 35 6 7 27 13 4 summary home runs holloway three base hits robinson two base hits coullng stol en bases r ridley r leader 2 waterhouse 2 f leader walters balk ball hillls 2 struck out by ray in 7 innings 7 by hillls in 2 in nings 2 by cnalmers in 7 innings li walked by ray 1 by hluis 3 by chalmers 2 by hall 1 hit by pitcher by chalmers brawley batteries elorafergus ray hiilis and coullng acton chalmers hall and f leader the score r h e elora i 11 12 3 acton 6 7 4 membershipof twentyfive and a be ginners class of- about eight or ten young men the first open air concert will be given in june at a date to be announc ed later drumquin landmark disappearing drumquin is losing an old landmark the blacksmith shop which many years ago was a hive of industry and where wagons sleighs plows the wellknown drag harrow and other farmimplements were- made by hand some years ago five and sixwqrkmen were kept busy in the iron and woodworking shops and scores or farmers brought their horses there to be shod the blacksmith shop had a long list of owners those wlthlu forty years being charles brown john pirie and h drysdale the present owner is thos hitchln milton cham pion visit of archbishop to acton a most outstanding event in the his tory of acton was the first visit of an archbishop of the catholic church his grace archbishop mcgulgan on wed nesday visited rev father mcbride at the rectory in the evening he ad ministered the sacrament of confirma tion to a class of 35 it was a most impressive sight to those who filled st josephs church to overflowing la eloquent terms the archbishop explained the sacrament which he was to confer and urged on all present the duty of praying for them he was assisted by his uncle the very rev father mona- han masterof btovicesat the jesuit novitiate guelph rey father mallaly s j guelph rev father gleeson churchof cmrydypguelphrev df the concert and presentation of prizes event givenlast friday evening in the united ohurcn proved very interesting this event was under the auspices tf the w c t and is part gt thely educational programme to promote tem perance thought in the girls and boys of school age the programme was in charge of mrsyf jas symon president of the organlza- tlonand included solos by mrs dr h a- mowat violin solos by norman bralda and numbers by the school choir of jforty voices and the prize- winning boys choir under the direction of mrs m r moore t the prizes were presented by rev c l poole and were awarded to the pupils as follows a selection of news items zone church- parade at a meeting last week it was decided tobold the zone church parade of the canadian legion in acton this year the branches participating will be streetsvllle burlington oakvllle milton brampton georgetown port credit and long branch further announcement ol this event will be made later essays public school senior fourth normascarlxiwf nor man bralda junior fourth dora denny beatrice graff hospital traffic officer a j da vies was hindered considerably in his inves tigations of the mishap by a drunken motorist who stopped to view the accid ent the motorist was arrested cohen the truck l driver arid a man with him were slightly injured after receiving medical treatment they went home oakvllle clerk charged with theft facing a series of charges of theft dating back to 1927 earl ryan treasurer of the townof oakvllle was committed for trial by magistrate w e mcllveen in oakvllle police court monday the charges involve a total sum of 518149 and include three separate counts of theft alleged to have taken place during 1932 and a blanket charge covering al leged offences during 1927 1928 1929 1930 and 1931 ryan reserved his plea the charges were laid under section 359 subsection 3- of the criminal code ryan who was not represented by coun sel was released on 10000bail ryan a war veteran was appointed treasurer in march 1925 and has filled the post ever since he enjoyed great popularity and news of the charges against him came as a shock to his scores of friends for the past two weeks he has been 111 in bed and was not able to appear in court until monday his place is being taken temporarily by max wyndham of ralph e young and co auditors who are at present conducting an audit of the e before removal to the- oakvllle books ryans resignation his been accepted- by the council be sure and take in the opening dance at stanley park erin on tuesday evening may 24 martin ramsey or chestra admiisslon gents 50c ladles 25c on wednesday evening in a twilight fixture played lri fergus the acton nine revenged their saturdays defeat and won by the score of 109 it was an exciting game with the fielding of bill waterhouse being sensational he rob bed the elorafergus sluggers of some sure jiits bob hall the acton rookie started the game and- he did some good pitching the three innings he was in til box chalmers got himself in some tight corners after striking out two men he walked three in a row filling the bases arid the next batter hit- one to cripps lri the outfield who dropped it letting in- a couple of runs he got the runs back again with a timely hit with a couple of fnates on the paths link lelshman got a twobase hit with the bags full and knocked in three runs while doug carmlchael got a home run we hope the boys have hit a winning streak the evening meal digester the angler with an elastic imagina tion was spinning his usual yarn at the club yes he said if was the biggest fish i have ever hookedtand jbefore i realiz ed it i was pulled right out of the boat you must have got a nasty wetting- declared one of the listeners oh not a bit of it replied the angler you see- i fell pn the fish then theres the man who is so lazy that he married a snubnosed girl be cause she is easier to kiss r obrien sacred heart church guelph rev father sullivan elora rev father egan brampton and the pastor rev father mcbride b a his grace the archbishop then left for guelph he was delighted with acton although see ing it under unfavorable conditions the congregation gave him a most generous contribution for the needs in his dio cese per capita wheat consumption though canada is one of the largest producers of wheat the record produc tion for one year being 564000000 bushels in 1923 canadians are not not ably large eaters of wheat in fact canada is thirteenth on the list with a per capita consumption of 45 bushels france leads the world in consumption of wheat according to a universally recog nized authority with a per capita re quirement of 7t bushels belgium comes second with 67 bush ita third with 66 bushels new zealand fourth with 64 bushels great britain fifth with 57 bushels followed by spain with 55 bushels chile 55 bulgaria 53 greece 5 australia 5 united states 48 denmark 48 canada 45 switzer land 45- morocco 43 roumanla 42 uruguay 42 jugo slayla 4 holland 4 czechoslovakia 34 egypt 32 aus tria 32 sweden 3ai tunis 28 ger many 25 norway 23 portugal 21 finland 2 union of south africa 17 poland 13 india 1 japan 9 and mexico 8 nationalised radio legislation establishing the necessary organization to set up cahahas nation ally owned broadcasting system was in troduced n the house of commons by premier bennett this week the bill was preceded by the moving of a resolu tion based upon the report of the special commons committee on tadio which pre viously was presented the proposed act follows closely the recommendations of the committee the object being to pro vide for the establishment of a com mission with the necessary powers to carry on the business of broadcasting in canada the commission will be known as the canadian radio broad casting commission the controlling body will be composed of three a chair man appointed for a period of ten years a vicechairman appointed for a nine- year period and a third comrriissioner holding office for eight years the bill as mtroduceax did not contain the salaries to be paid the three commis sioners but blank spaces were left for the amounts tobe filled in when the act is reprinted the headquarters will be ottawa with branches located wherever the commission deems advisable posters sr tv audreychalmers bill boro voy- junior fourth donald mcphall ross swackhamer senior third ueurlen thompson martin hassard junior thlrdv ralph hansen jack hollinger making health bo sr dx annie holmestmary young junior third oddress weaver gor don savage silver medal for oratorical contest alice taylor high school middle school essay esther taylor lower school essay pearl mcenery lower school poster vera rawlings patriotic school concert the annual empire patriotic concert of the i o d e will be held hv the town hall on friday evening at eight oclock the prize winners at the county musical festival will provide numbers on the programme piizes- for patriotic work d by the scholars lri e de- parfmept wiube presented by thelto d e a silver colleption wlllbe taken various news items acton fair board meets a meeting of the directors of acton fall fair was held last evening in the council chamber president c w mc- keown presided and there was a splen did attendance revision of several classes in the prize list was made arid the judges appointed in the various classes various committees to deal with special features for the fair will meet in the course of the next week or so and another general meetlnfe of the falr board will be held the latter part of june there is no pessimism at acton fair meetings and everything points to the directors providing an even better fair for 1932 than the splendid ones that have been usual during pastyears change in telephone tax a six per cent levy on all longdis tance telephone calls made by subscrlb ers and a graded specific tax on those made from pay stations was announced in th house of commons by hon edgar n rihodes minister of finance- mr rhodes made this announcement as th house for the first time commenced con sideration of the budget resolutions with almost unprecedent expedition the new telephone and telegram tax the insurance tax the increased income taxes and the cheque taxes were ratified by the house the telephone tax as originally introduced when the budget was brought down on april 6 provided a tax of five cents per- call on every longdistance call costing more than 15 cents this is the tax as it has been lri effect since may 2 new barn destroyed near fergus return of the pyromaniac menace stirred the farmers about fergus this week as fire ravaged the newlybuilt steel barn of james roxburgh on the orangeville road leaving it a smoul dering tuin of twisted wreckage holding the charred carcasses of 30 head of cattle and seven horses the discovery that the lock on the door had been tampered with giving a strong indica tion of arson brought provincial police to the scene for an immediate investiga tion in addition to the cattle and horses about 1500 worth of new farm implements were destroyed total dam age was set at close to 10000 covered by insurance the new barn had scarcely been completed and the the new implements had just been purchased be fore the second blaze cars collided saturda evenin a motormixipoccurredon saturday evening when a motorist emerged from elgtat street apparently without much heed of the stop sign unto the high way he was struck by an eastbound car whern about- halfway across me highway and both inachines were more or less damaged by the impact fortun ately none of the occupants were seri ously injured the car driving east on the highway had the front fenders and bumper badly smashed retail business men hold second meeting i anothei- wellattended meeting of the acton retail business mens association was held last evening lri the council chamber when president thos watson presided members of the executive committee appointed at this meeting were messrs e j hassard j s david son wm nesbit and w d talbot a discussion on the advisability of adopt ing daylight saying took place and proved very interesting by vote the associa tion expressed themselves as opposed to acton adopting trie daylight saving scheme a committee composed of messrs e fl barr chairman v b rumley w d talbot and e j hassard was appointed to plan a community event that will be of interest in many ways to acton and the district surround ing fuller details of this everit will be made at a later date the organization will meet once a month to discuss mat ters pertaining to business activities the holstein herd to represent peel 1 count selection of the holstein herd to re present peel county at the canadian national exhibition was completed by a committee consisting of robert holtby port perry james mckane president harry laidlaw secretary and t b dolson past president of the peel hol stein breeders association a a giffcn and j c shearer representative of the department of agriculture the follow- ing owners will loan animals to make up the herd senior herd sire a syndicate composed of edgar lyons streetsvllle a hunter nerval and a dolson terra cotta who purchased a young bull from western owners last week mature cow junior yearling heifer j optaser-hutton- vihet senior yearling bull senior heifer calf t o dolson terra cotta three- yearold cow t l leslie terra cotta last year the peel county holstein herd scored first at the eastern ontario fair ottawa secondaittjhec andu third at the western fair london this year the herd will be entered at the c n e only won award in montreal publicity a magazine put out by the montreal ad club gives the in formation that mr douglas m gowdy first vicepresident of the club was awarded the fraser cup donated arii nually by past president george fraser to the ad clubber having made the most valuable contribution to the club during the year doug received the- award this year for his work in connection with the speakers committee in presenting the cup and miniature to mr gowdy mr eraser referred to the important fact that the excellent selection of speak ers had much to do with the success of the club durng the past year when conditions were not very favorable gen erally mr gowdy made a sincere aid witty response and passed along to members much of the credit stating that he had received very valuable assistance in the securing of speakers make your picnic reservations at stanley park erin no picnic too large or too small commerical fruit production the extent to which canada figures in commercial fruit production is shovn in the preliminary report on the output and value of fruits grown in 1931 last year the commercial apple crop was a bumper one totalling 3731950 barrels with a value to the growers of 8863- 797 compared with 3419327 barrels in 1930 valued at 11082796 the average price per barrel in 1931 was 238 as against 325 in 1930 the 1931 crop of pears was 396160 bushels of plums and prunes 253784 bushels peaches 886233 bushels apricots 49900 bushels cher ries 230607 bushels strawberries 17 027363 quarts raspberries 5573362 quarts and 50830000 pounds of grapes- the largest output of apples in 1931 was in nova scotia which accounted for 1 375000 barrels the annapolis valley was the principal centre of this produc tion ontario produced 975750 barrels british columbia 3420900 boxes quebec 200900 barrels and new brunswick 40000 barrels pears are grown in canada in ontario british columbia and nova scotia peaches in ontario and british columbia all the- canadian grown plums and prunes come from ontario and british columbia and apricots for the commerical market come from british columbia the entle supply of grapes comes from ontario with the niagara- peninsula as the prin cipal area of production small nfrults are grown lri all the provinces but the three prairie trovlncea and prince ed ward iiilaridao not contribute extensivcv ly to the commercial supply the aggre gate value of the commercial fruit pro- i ductlon in 1931 was 18185276 i i v v- j-vx-t- v v v h fc4 i- its